Registration number 2472
Status Registered
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Details

Function Cargo Vessel
Subfunction Barge
Location Purton
Vessel type Stem Head Ferro Concrete Barge
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Wates Building Group Limited, Barrow in Furness
Built in 1941
Hull material Concrete
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Towed
Primary engine type None
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
21.51 feet (6.56m)
Depth
8.20 feet (2.50m)
Length: Overall
85.25 feet (26.00m)

History

FCB 68 is one of thirty nine such vessels built during World War II. These concrete barges were the test beds for the Mulberry Harbour temporary and portable harbour system for the D Day landings. FCB 68 was beached at Purton as part of the River Severn Gloucester and Sharpness canal foreshore strengthening scheme which commenced in 1909.

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